About the Book:

In his autobiography called Stages: Of Life in Theatre, Film and Television, veteran Hollywood actor Norman Lloyd vividly recalls his colleagues and collaborators, his hopes and his accomplishments.

A distinguished actor, director, and producer in the theatre, television, and motion pictures, Norman Lloyd apprenticed with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. As a young New York actor in the 1930s, he participated in most of the seminal American theatre movements, including The Group Theatre, the Theatre of Action (where that he met his wife, actress Peggy Craven), the Federal Theatre, and the Mercury Theatre. His long professional association with Alfred Hitchcock began when he was hand-picked by Hitchcock to play the title character and villain in the 1942 film Saboteur. Lloyd went on to guide the legendary Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series for eight years as both a producer and director. He directed and produced episodic television throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was directed on-stage by Orson Welles and Elia Kazan, and on films by, among others, Alfred Hitchcock (twice), Lewis Milestone, Charles Chaplin, Joseph Losey, and French director Jean Renoir.

What people say:

"Reading like a who's who of Broadway and Hollywood... [this] is a valuable piece of theatrical history... Lloyd is a self-effacing, articulate actor-director-producer whose stories are as insightful as they are warm and often humorous." — Choice

"...vivid memoir that contains arresting descriptions of his better-known colleagues." — Wall Street Journal

"...frank, detailed and generous." — Film Review Annual (UK)

About the Author:

Norman Lloyd (1914-2021) was an American actor, producer, director, and one of the last survivors of the Golden Age of Hollywood. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theatre, radio, television, and film, with a career that spanned eight decades. His final film, Trainwreck, was released in 2015, the year he turned 100. No other stage or screen actor is known to have worked to a greater age.